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#Park Kyung-ri's posthumous poetry collection It's so liberating because there's only what I have left to throw away #If I didn't know, would time have passed somehow? #Youth was so short and beautiful #Life and death #Why didn't I see that when I was young? / Poem: Park Kyung-ri / Living / When I'm tired, I prick my fingernails with a needle to draw blood If I have a cold, I go back and forth in the yard as if I'm busy If I get hurt, I disinfect it and put a band-aid on It really didn't want to go to the hospital I didn't even take medicine like I wanted to I couldn't stand it Life and death Could there have been a more beautiful word to comfort me? As I was approaching eighty, I started taking blood pressure medication every morning without fail. I felt embarrassed and ashamed for some reason It was high blood pressure that was discovered when I was hospitalized due to a back injury. If I didn't know, would time have passed somehow? One eye had cataracts and surgery, and the other eye has a disease called macular edema that doesn't heal. It's out of focus, so I often stumble. But there's nothing to feel wronged about. It's only natural because I've lived longer than others. Times of bondage and poverty Even though I shed so many tears, youth was so short and beautiful. Looking back with calm eyes, youth was so short and beautiful. Why didn't I see it when I was young? 2008. Park Kyung-ni's posthumous poetry collection, "It's so liberating because only the things left to throw away remain," Maronie Books #PoetryRecitationParkYoungae